Triple J Hottest 100, 2011

2011 Triple J Hottest 100
Countdown details
Date of countdown	26 January 2012
Countdown highlights
Winning song	Gotye featuring Kimbra "Somebody That I Used to Know"
Most entries	Kimbra The Wombats (4 tracks)
Chronology
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The 2011 Triple J Hottest 100 was announced on Australia Day 26 January 2012. It is the nineteenth countdown of the most popular songs of the year, as chosen by the listeners of Australian radio station Triple J.

Voting commenced on 14 December 2011, and closed on 16 January 2012. A separate poll for the most popular album of the year was held in late November and early December 2011, with Making Mirrors by Gotye being voted the most popular album of the year.

On 8 February 2012, Triple J announced the tracks voted #101 to #200.^[1]

• "Somebody That I Used to Know" became the first collaboration between separate artists to top the Hottest 100.
  • "Somebody That I Used to Know" also marks the first time that the Hottest 100 and 4ZZZ's Hot 100 have featured the same winning song.
• For the second consecutive year and the third time ever, the #1 song featured a female vocalist. This was also the second consecutive year the #1 song was a duet between a male and a female artist.
• Kimbra became the first New Zealand artist to feature in the #1 song of a Hottest 100.
  • Additionally, Kimbra's four tracks equals the record set by Florence and the Machine in 2009 for the highest total from a female artist. She is also the first female solo artist to achieve this feat.
• The song "The Suburbs" by Arcade Fire charted in the countdown for the second year in a row after a cover by Mr Little Jeans featured at #100. Similarly, Owl Eyes' cover of "Pumped Up Kicks" was #28, four places higher than what the original version by Foster the People could manage the previous year.
• For the third year in a row an artist from Triple J Unearthed got in the Top 10. This year it was Boy & Bear, San Cisco and The Jezabels. Also, the 2010 and 2011 Unearthed High winners (Stonefield and Snakadaktal) both made their first appearances in the Hottest 100. This is the first time this has been done.
• Producer Francois Tetaz helped write, produce and mix eight songs that charted in the countdown. The songs he helped write/produce/mix were all the songs by Architecture in Helsinki, Kimbra and Gotye.
• This is the first countdown since 1995 not to feature any previous Hottest 100 winners.

This edition was hosted by Triple J presenter Caroline Tran, instead of regular presenter Richard Kingsmill. It was broadcast on 11 December 2011, the final show of "2011" for the year. It was announced that Making Mirrors won by an unprecedented margin.^[2]

Voting was held from 25 November 2011 to 10 December 2011.

Bold indicates winner of the 2011 J Award and Hottest 100.

• For the second year in a row the ARIA Album of the Year winner came third in the Triple J Album Poll.
• Gotye is the artist since Wolfmother in 2005 to win both the Triple J Album Poll and the J Award for Australian Album of the Year. He is also the second artist to win the Triple J Album Poll twice after Radiohead.
• Cut Copy are the first band since Bloc Party in 2008 to get in the Album Poll and not feature in the Hottest 100.

For the first time ever the Hottest 100 CD was released digitally on iTunes

1. Gotye featuring Kimbra – "Somebody That I Used to Know"
2. The Black Keys – "Lonely Boy"
3. Matt Corby – "Brother" (Live)
4. Boy & Bear – "Feeding Line"
5. M83 – "Midnight City"
6. San Cisco – "Awkward"
7. 360 featuring Gossling – "Boys Like You"
8. The Jezabels – "Endless Summer"
9. Hilltop Hoods featuring Sia – "I Love It"
10. Calvin Harris – "Feel So Close"
11. Architecture in Helsinki – "Contact High"
12. Florence and the Machine – "Shake It Out"
13. Foster the People – "Helena Beat"
14. Grouplove – "Tongue Tied"
15. Seeker Lover Keeper – "Even Though I'm a Woman"
16. The Wombats – "Jump Into the Fog"
17. Nero – "Promises"
18. Bluejuice – "Act Yr Age"
19. Snakadaktal – "Air"
20. Emma Louise – "Jungle"
21. Kimbra – "Cameo Lover"
22. Example – "Changed the Way You Kissed Me"
23. Drapht – "Sing It (The Life of Riley)"
24. Ball Park Music – "It's Nice to Be Alive"
25. Noah and the Whale – "L.I.F.E.G.O.E.S.O.N."
26. Illy – "Cigarettes"
27. Benny Benassi featuring Gary Go – "Cinema" (Skrillex Remix)
28. Hermitude – "Speak of the Devil"
29. The Kooks – "Junk of the Heart (Happy)"
30. Active Child – "Hangin' On"
31. Sparkadia – "Mary"
32. Art vs. Science – "A.I.M. Fire!"
33. The Drums – "Money"
34. The Grates – "Turn Me On"
35. Lykke Li – "I Follow Rivers"
36. Joe Goddard featuring Valentina – "Gabriel"
37. Stonefield – "Black Water Rising"
38. Owl Eyes – "Raiders"
39. Kasabian – "Re-Wired"
40. Arctic Monkeys – "Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair"
41. Jebediah – "She's Like a Comet"
42. Husky – "History's Door"
43. Pnau – "The Truth"
44. Bubsy Marou – "Biding My Time"
45. City and Colour – "Fragile Bird"